Ruining the Competition

After three updates, Didi had raised the bar sky-high and truly pulled ahead of everyone else in the ride-hailing market.

It had especially reached godlike status in public opinion, thanks to constant comparisons with its competitors.

The Weibo topic page about how safe it felt to ride Didi had already surpassed one hundred thousand participants. Its growth showed no sign of slowing, and praise for Didi was everywhere.

As the negative example, Uber, which had been exposed for sexual harassment, was repeatedly dragged out and flogged by netizens.

Uber was being brutally targeted. Under the pressure of the widely circulated video, its user base plummeted off a cliff, like a faucet with no handle—it simply could not be stopped.

"The online reports about Uber's sexual harassment incident are untrue. The person in the video is not a driver under Uber. Please do not believe the rumors. We have always treated Chinese consumers with the utmost respect."

"The investigation has already been handed over to the public security authorities. Anyone spreading rumors will be severely punished by law."

"In addition, we reserve the right to pursue legal action against both the original rumor-mongers and anyone who spreads the rumors a second time."

Uber quickly came forward to refute the rumors on all the major platforms, but it could not offset the negative impact. Compared with rumors, clarifications simply moved far too slowly.

Travis looked exhausted. "Mr. Trott, didn't you say that all we had to do was take back control of the pace of this commercial war?"

Kang Jingtao glanced at him. "We didn't take it back. This is still his pace."

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Travis stared at Kang Jingtao for a long while. *You're an unofficial employee of Pingtuan, aren't you? Are you getting Five Insurances and One Fund from Pingtuan or